Our population-based cohort study demonstrates that >90% coverage in the first year of a universal 3 + 0 PCV program provided high population-level protection ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• May 2018

The aim was to document the aetiology of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) hospitalisations in Western Australian children ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• January 2012

Hannah Tom Moore Snelling HC T OAM BSc (Hons) GradDipClinEpi PhD BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Program Head, Infection and Vaccines Head, ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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Kathryn André Yuliya Alana Ramsey Schultz Karpievitch Harper KR AS YK AH BSc (Hons), PhD MBChB, PhD, FRACP PhD, MS, BS BSc (hons) Co-Head, Children's ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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Christopher Blyth CC MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Co-Head, Infectious Diseases ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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COVID-19 is a new multi-organ disease causing considerable worldwide morbidity and mortality. While many recognized pathophysiological mechanisms are involved, their exact causal relationships remain opaque. Better understanding is needed for predicting their progression, targeting therapeutic approaches, and improving patient outcomes. While many mathematical causal models describe COVID-19 epidemiology, none have described its pathophysiology. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• March 2023

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are recommended for capturing meaningful outcomes in clinical trials. The use of PROMs for children with acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) has not been systematically reported. We aimed to identify and characterise patient-reported outcomes and PROMs used in paediatric ALRI studies and summarise their measurement properties. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• March 2023

The multiple breath nitrogen washout (N2MBW) technique is increasingly used to assess the degree of ventilation inhomogeneity in school-aged children with lung disease. However, reference values for healthy children are currently not available. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• October 2022

There are an estimated > 400 million people living with a rare disease globally, with genetic variants the cause of approximately 80% of cases. Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) rapidly identifies genetic variants however they are often of unknown significance. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• February 2022

Epidemic viral infections predominated as causes of childhood encephalitis in Australia. The leading causes include vaccine-preventable diseases ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• June 2020